Get Started On The Prince Valiant Page Written By Gary Gianni Offered As Leaflet

not very well versed in Prince Valiant, but sitelinkGary Gianni is one of my favorite illustrators and this is an interesting look at his process, with lots of very nice pictures.


My favorite part is when he quotes "a colleague" as saying: "That's why I like drawing monsters battling one another, Nobody can tell me they're not drawn correctly, " He doesn't identify the colleague in question, but I don't think there's any doubt that it's sitelinkMike Mignola Very nice behindthescenes look at Gary Gianni's method of creating this comic strip, as well as a bit of the history of the strip through it's previous creators.
Pretty fascinating look at the creation of a newspaper strip, Lots of pictures of Gianni's work from preliminary sketches to finished pages and everything involved in the process, His text is insightful without being overwhelming the art does most of the talking, Well worth a read for both Prince Valiant fans and those just interested in the artistic process, The Prince Valiant Page is the first book collection featuring Gary Giannis work on Prince Valiant, This book gives a wellrounded informative look at both Giannis rendition of the Prince Valiant Sunday strip and his own working procedures, Afteryears as a professional illustrator, Gianni describes his new role as an assistant to John Cullen Murphy who assisted Hal FosterPrince Valiant's creator, Upon Murphy's retirement, Gianni became the third artist in theyear history of the feature, It continues with indepth knowledge of the strips creative process i, e. , receiving the script, photographing models, making preliminary drawings and pencil roughs, then concluding with the finished illustrations, Supporting artwork includes collaborations between Murphy

and Gianni, with Murphys hand written notes and instructions, Examples of Giannis work over the previous thirty years as a professional illustrator are included as well,

Giannis entertaining, insightful text reveals his methods and working relationships with Murphy and current Prince Valiant writer, Mark Schultz, Further, he explains the usage of his tools and provides many tips learned during the course of his career, Prince Valiant aficionados, those interested in the creation process, and enthusiasts of Giannis artwork will all find this book appealing,

Most reproductions are direct from the original artwork, rendered with archival quality, and displayed in museum catalog format, Giannis originals are delineated using brush and pen, He utilizes these tools to create tones and variations often lost in the pure black and white reproduction methods characteristically employed in newspapers and comics.
Giannis work has never been reproduced in this manner before, His full tonal range will be revealed for the first time,

This book includes three gatefolds of Prince Valiant strips in color to showcase the finished works, .